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DVD player acting up - Toshiba SD-330E
Hi all, Wonder if anyone can help, we have a DVD player (Toshiba SD-330E) which is roughly 3 or 4 years old. Recently it has been acting up - around a third of the way through a movie the image gets slightly solarised and pixelates a bit. Fast forwarding doesn't improve it, nor does trying another DVD. It cost us around…
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iTunes alternatives?
When I use itunes I get the urge to smash my head into a wall. I was wondering, is there an alternative to this software for dragging/dropping songs onto the ipod
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Cable TV in another room for free?
I have Virgin media in the lounge and want it in the bedroom for free. I have a coaxial cable running between the 2 rooms and have been told I can send the signal using that. I fitted a female/female adaptor to the back of the box in the lounge, run the cable from there to the back of the TV in the bedroom, tuned it in and…
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where can i get a laptop around £200?
friend got one from cex- 60 gig hard drive celeron 512 ram for 225...all i want is a small hard drive (30 gig will do me) and 512 ram and a dvd writer- thats it! i know loads of places do desktops for that price cos ive seen them but what about laptops? my current (thinnkpad t23) was 175 3 years back. any ideas? i dont…
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Vundo Virus
I picked up a Virus called Vundo recently which was causing my system to run slow and, lots of other problems and lots of pop-ups too. Does anyone know where the virus may have come from and recommend a good anti-virus/anti malware to keep it and others away. I hope it did not have a keylogger or anything else like that as…
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Copy one drive onto another in MSDOS
I can no longer get into windows. i have tried doing a repair install etc. Before i format my main drive and start again can I copy all the files on it onto my other drive? There is def enough room... i just dont know how to do it! Cheers peeps
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Can't send e-mails
I've just discovered that e-mails I've been sending over the past 4 or 5 days haven't been received. They haven't been returned to me but no one has received them. I'm getting incoming mail ok. Can anyone advise. Thanks.
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Reformatting HD and killing it
I started getting quite a few CRC errors while reading files off my PC's HD so decided to back up everything (what I could back up anyway, the files which got CRC errors were not accessible so I gave up on them), reformat the HD and reinstall XP (as some of the files in windows\system32 were also affected, giving me…
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cant uninstall aol
My AOL program will not start, so I have tried to remove the program using add/remove programs in taskbar but the uninstaller just freezes and does not respond. how can I get rid.......using XP. TIA
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HP laptops
I have recently seen the perfect laptop which I'm planning to buy for when I got to Uni in September. It's the HP DV2530 http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4HHS&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11105,50240,4294959538,403520000,49330000,46160000,49250000 Anyway, it's got everything I want and…
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HELP! Mozilla Firefox, cut,copy paste
Hi Guys, I have a problem, so thought i would pop over here and ask the experts. I use Mozilla Firefox, and generally don't have any probs whatsoever, BUT, I post loads on the comping forum, and when i start a new comp thread i would love to be able to post a little piccie of what the comp is! i have asked other members…
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Are Office Pro and Office Pro Academic the same?
As the title says. I can get the Academic for just over a third of the price from Ebay, as a BIN. And I qualify :) And it is licensed for two machines :)
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is zonealarm watching you?
you decide... http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=29157 (Just browsing this forum and noting that zonealarm still seems very popular).
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Can't LOGIN to anything.
I have been having problems with my computer. When I talked to AOL live help I was told to turn off and back on and to press two keys together and then send the message that came up to the assistant. I did not have time to copy all his instructions and as I was fed up I just turned off for the day. Next day, oddly, my…
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Vivitar DVR510 Digital Video Camcorder (5MP)
Hi folks I'm looking to buy this mainly due to the price (£50 on amazon) and was wondering if anyone has it? Amazon doesn't many reviews and trust you lot more than them anyway :rolleyes:
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Were finally getting in the 21st century!!! But What Does It all Mean?
right we are finally thinking of getting a new tv and getting in teh 2st century with a hd/hdmi lcd tv but what does it all mean? i know that hd means high definnition that much i understand, and that we will get much better pictures etc... but what is hdmi????? from googling it its some sort of cable things or…
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what is a rf cable
Where do I get one - what should it cost and is it easy to install ? thanks in advance Beth xx
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Before you upgrade to Vista..
Here's a guide to making Windows XP look and act like Vista, without the compatibility issues :) This is completely safe- I have it running on my own work PC and it's nice to have a refreshing change from the boring XP GUI.. Have fun! http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1708.entry
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Anyone else using opendns's free servers to speed up their broadband
Just interested to know what your results where. I have found it be be a large improvement. If you are unsure as to how to implement I have wrote a guide here. The opendns servers are free and also help prevent phishing sites. OpenDNS Server Implementation Guide
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simple question- what lead?
have ps2, what lead to i need to purchase to plug into back of lcd monitor currently use a scart thanks :rotfl:
